identify the various marketing strategies followed by two of the world’s best sports company’s Adidas and Nike as they have been in rivalry for a long time. I would also like to find out the strengths and weakness of both the companies. INTRODUCTION OF THE COMPANIES ADIDAS Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group‚ which consists of the Reebok sportswear company‚ golf company (including Ashworth)‚ and Rockport. Besides sports footwear‚ the
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Adidas Marketing Plan Adidas is the number two sporting goods maker in the world‚ second to Nike. The company has long focused on being the footwear for sports and high performance. The company has three components: Adidas‚ Reebok‚ newly acquired in 2006‚ and TaylorMade‚ well known on the Pro Am Golf Tour. (Adidas Group Annual Report‚ 2008) This marketing plan will focus on the Adidas brand. While research indicates there’s a belief that Adidas makes better footwear than Nike (Vertical Ascent
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company’s name to Adidas whereby the word ‘Adi’ from his nickname and ’Das’ from Dassler. Adidas was the leading brand among athletes community when‚ in 1978‚ Adolf Dassler passed and his wife Käthe‚ his son Horst‚ and his daughter Carry started running the business. That was a big transition that was completed in the 90’s when Robert Louis-Dreyfus became Adidas CEO: Adidas started moving from being a manufacturing and sales based company to a marketing company. From then on‚ Adidas grew rapidly
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advertising policy Intro: Reebok innovative advertising policy and problematic through Micky Pant’s watchful eye. a. Tate case presentation. b. The principle of viral marketing (Buzz). PART ONE - Company presentation 1. The company 2. The market 3. Evolution of market: from athletic to fashion PART TWO – Strategy‚ advertising history‚ and social changes 1. From 1958 to 1982: Classic medias dominance a. Reebok strategy b. Reebok communication process c
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currency-neutral basis Net income attributable to shareholders up 38% to € 289 million adidas Group increases full year guidance • • • • • Comparable Retail store sales grow 9% currency-neutral TaylorMade-adidas Golf sales increase 32% currency-neutral Operating margin up 1.1 percentage points despite gross margin decline Net borrowings down 30% to € 640 million at quarter-end Inventory growth moderates to 13% currency-neutral adidas Group currency-neutral sales increase 14% in the first quarter of 2012 In
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ANSOFF MATRIX MARKETING STRATEGY The Ansoff Product-Market Growth Matrix is a marketing tool created by Igor Ansoff. The Ansoff matrix is a marketing tool that allows marketers to consider ways to grow business via existing and/or new products in existing and/or new markets. The ansoff matrix helps companies decide what course of action should be taken given current performance. The Ansoff ’s matrix provides a very simple but very effective focus for considering different options for growth‚ and
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sharing programme called ’Champions Bonus’. Additional compensation components: For senior management and Executive Board members we offer Long-Term Incentive Programmes (LTIP). Other benefits include our 401-K pension plans in the USA and the adidas Group pension plan for our employees in Germany. In 2010‚ 2‚060 employees participated in the latter‚ which represents 58% of all eligible employees. Other Group subsidiaries also grant a variety of additional benefits to employees depending on
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101 November 9‚ 2012 Nike vs. Adidas Nike and Adidas are two of the most popular sporting attires out in the clothing and equipment market. Both Nike and Adidas offer people and athletes a broad selection of great apparel and athletic equipment. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast Nike and Adidas companies in terms of headquarters‚ market focus‚ sponsorships‚ marketing‚ advertising‚ price‚ product‚ and its production. Both Nike and Adidas are sportswear companies whose products
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN ADIDAS UK Case study based on interview with Christopher Caddick IT manager in Trafford Distribution Centre Author: Krzysztof Bazan Submitted 02/03/2010 What is the Adidas? What are the information systems used by the company? What are the systems used for? What is a history of systems implementation within the company and why they were brought in? Are there any further plans for information systems in the Adidas UK and Adidas UK area north. Adidas is a German-based sports
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Adidas History Adidas was founded in 1924 in Germany by two bothers Adi and Rudolf Dassler. The company was first named Dassler shoes and later became Adidas. By the Dassler shoes being seen in the Olympics this really helped the company get its name known. However‚ in 1948 Rudolf Dassler leaves to start his own company which is now known as Puma. Once Rudolf left his brother came up with the famous three stripes logo and changed the name to Adidas. The 3 stripes were created to keep the
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